And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil.

“Made. St. Jerome thinks the attempt useless. But the Jews discovered the art. (St. Epiphanius; Pond. xvi.; Bartol.) (1 Corinthians vii. 18.) — Sold to the devil, becoming his instruments, 3 Kings xxi. 25., and Romans vii. 14. (Calmet) — Go to 2 Machabees iv. 7.”